[Limitations to the use of research results: a Benin researcher’s point of view.].

Research results are essential for the real success of interventions. However, in Benin, where the level of this research is already very low, the results produced are rarely or not at all used, even in fields such as public health and social anthropology of health. What are the reasons for this gap between researchers and field actors? Based on our experiences and our discussions, researchers and even research institutions (universities, laboratories, etc.) do not have the political, technical and institutional resources to ensure adoption of research results in the field of interventions. Their specific weaknesses are added to the reticence of politicians and developers to consider their results in interventions. The major challenge to the use of research, particularly in the field of public health, is reinforce the political and technical position of researchers in programmes and universities. They must also be given the logistic means, including English as universal language of communication, to allow greater access to scientific production.